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THE TRIALS OF ELOISE HUGHES SMITH25th July 2015Brandon Whited
The only woman in the world who in just a year's time made her debut, got engaged, married, survived the Titanic, became a widow, and then a mother...

TITANIC AND THE BEDA: FR THOMAS BYLES21st April 2015Fergus Mulligan
In James Cameron's film Titanic a Catholic priest is seen praying with his fellow passengers and reciting from the Book of Revelation. This man was not a figment of Cameron's imagination: his name was Fr Thomas Byles...

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HARD A STARBOARD31st January 2015Jim Currie
Another look at that hard right turn......

ACQUITTING THE ICEBERG15th October 2013Peter ElverhÃ¸i
When most of the facts everyone knows about the Unsinkable Ship are scrutinized, it is quickly discovered that many of them are not facts at all......

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THE UNBORN BABIES OF THE TITANIC12th September 2013
Titanic passengers who were known or likely to be pregnant at the time of the sinking and a list of male passengers and crew who became fathers posthu...

ON TITANIC'S BRIDGE23rd May 2013Art Braunschweiger
Author’s note: The story of Titanic’s sinking revolves around what took place on the navigation bridge, yet many people are not entirely clear on how it functioned, what the duties of the officers and crew were, and exactly who ...

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TITANIC'S BULGARIAN LINKS18th May 2013Brian Hartig
The Story of the Bulgarians on Titanic; how they emigrated and the Bulgarian emigration environment existent around the turn of the 19th Century...

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HILDA SLAYTER'S DIARY17th May 2013Alan Hustak
Slayter was not superstitious, but she too became uneasy about the voyage, because as she writes in the diary...

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A TITANIC DINNER IN AN OLYMPIC HOUSE21st November 2012Stuart Kelly
Stuart Kelly recalls an unexpected invitation and a memorable... and extensive Titanic themed meal in an newly discovered RMS Olympic panelled room....

TITANIC: THE HINGLEY ANCHORS11th September 2012Jonathan Smith
Titanic's centre anchor was at the time and for some time to follow, the world's largest anchor ever forged by hand. Jonathan Smith explores the construction of the anchor and the company that created it....

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THE UNFORTUNATE TALE OF LITTLE WALTEE4th August 2012Dave Fredericks
Dave Fredericks explores the tragic story of Little Waltee, the four-year-old son of Titanic Trimmer Walter Fredericks....

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TORONTO'S TITANIC SURVIVORS28th July 2012Jason D. Tiller
We all know that the R.M.S. Titanic set sail on her maiden voyage from Southampton, England on April 10th, 1912 bound for New York via Cherbourg, France and Queenstown (now Cobh), Ireland, and that she struck an iceberg on Apri...

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RMS CARPATHIA : OUT OF THE DARK OF THE DAWN11th July 2012Craig Stringer
When the Carpathia came to the rescue of the survivors of the Titanic, her passengers did all they could to relieve suffering and distress......

THE TITANIC'S FIRST VICTIM14th May 2012Frank Cox
Samuel Scott a 15 year old catch boy fell to his death: The first victim of RMS Titanic....

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MAJOR PEUCHEN'S PREDICAMENT26th April 2012Hugh Brewster
Why did this self-made millionaire and leader of men become such a passive figure in a Titanic lifeboat?...

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TITANIC AT 100: A PERSONAL JOURNEY22nd April 2012Malcolm Bowen Niedner, Jr.
As Malcolm Niedner looked through a set of family negatives he discovered a new image of a four-funneled ocean liner... Titanic!...

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TITANIC SONGBOOK16th April 2012Monica Hall
Most people, when thinking about music on the Titanic, immediately recall Nearer My God to Thee, which was allegedly played on deck by Wallace Hartley and his band as the great ship sank. We do not really know if this is true, a...

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RMS TITANIC 100 YEARS ON15th April 2012Philip Hind
As the 100th anniversary of the Titanic disaster approaches Philip Hind explores why the sinking has etched itself into our consciousness and how Oxfordshire was touched by the tragedy....

WILLIAM LOGAN GWINN: LETTERS TO FLORENCE29th March 2012Ted Robinson
A unique collection of letters and postcards sheds light on the domestic life of one the RMS Titanic's Sea Post Clerk William Logan Gwinn....

FACE TO BAREFACE LIAR!16th January 2012Senan Molony
A steerage Titanic survivor confronted his own impostor in 1912...

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SIX SECONDS TO DISASTER - THE DEATH OF TITANIC30th December 2011Jim Currie
As a professional mariner and Marine Accident Investigator, I was irresistibly drawn to the detailed information available concerning the few minutes before Titanic began her death throwes....

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LIFEBOATS EXTINGUISHED THEIR LIGHTS!6th December 2011Senan Molony
Lifeboats from the Titanic extinguished their lights in order not to become attractive beacons for swimmers after the sinking....

THE ODELL TITANIC ALBUM13th September 2011Brian Odell
Lily Odell, Kate Odell, Jack Odell, Richard May and Stanley May were all travelling together. Jack was eleven at the time and he and Kate brought along their cameras. Kate took a large number of photos, one of which was one of the last known ph...

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ANNA KATHERINE KELLY 1892 - 19699th September 2011John Kelly
Anna Katherine Kelly, “Annie Kate,” later to become also known as Sister Patrick Joseph, was born on January 14, 1892 in Cuilmullagh, Lahardane, in Addergoole civil parish, County Mayo, Ireland. Her parents, John Kelly and Ellen Fla...

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THE FINAL IDENTIFICATION OF THE 'UNKNOWN CHILD'9th September 2011Alan Ruffman
The Final Identification of the Â‘Unknown ChildÂ’ of the TITANIC buried as Body No. 4 on May 4, 1912 in the Fairview Lawn Cemetery of Halifax, Nova Scotia...

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HARLAND & WOLFF AND THE PARTITION OF ULSTER3rd September 2011Glenn Simpson
Harland and Wolff is at the symbolic forefront of Ulster's identity, its economic importance pivotal in explaining what gave Ulster Unionists political leverage during the Home rule question. To accurately portray Harland & Wolff’...

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NIGHT AND A TITAN10th August 2011Senan Molony
What did Titanic look like at night?...

MYSTERIOUS WAIF OF THE WAVES.. MGU?12th July 2011Jim Currie
Unresolved questions regarding the April 1912 voyage of the SS Campanello and the possibility of her involvement in the Titanic disaster. ...

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NINETY NINE YEARS AND STILL COUNTING28th April 2011Jim Currie
Article, using new evidence, re-examines the work of Titanic's navigating oficers in arriving at the erroneous CQD positions and the consequences of the results. ...

THE DAY I MET A TITANIC SURVIVOR24th March 2011Gregg Jasper
Liner enthusiast recounts 1968 meeting with Renee Harris
Introduction
Until the death in 2009 of Millvina Dean, the oldest living Titanic survivor, meeting a passenger who sailed on the legend...

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ROSTRON'S MONSTER16th December 2010Senan Molony
Sir Arthur Henry Rostron was a lifelong believer in the existence of sea serpents and other forms of cryptozoology......

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I WAS SAVED FROM THE TITANIC15th November 2010Lady Duff Gordon
A vivid eyewitness account of the legendary shipwreck and its aftermath. Edited by Randy Bryan Bigham...

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THE HART OF THE MATTER11th October 2010Senan Molony
FIREMAN Hart stands on the deck of the Titanic, knowing he has no entitlement to a lifeboat place, and prepares to dieÂ…...

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GROVES' INAPPROPRIATE JOKE11th September 2010Senan Molony
The maturity of Charles Victor Groves, third officer of the ss Californian, is called sharply into question by a recollection of his Captai...

ROSTRON'S LOST REPORT13th June 2010Senan Molony
Titanic survivors could have been marooned in the Azores!
Captain Rostron of the Carpathia considered landing them in the mid-Atlantic island chain for their treatment and onward travel – while he would contin...

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TITANIC : TIME ALTERED2nd June 2010David G. Brown
Nothing is more confusing about Titanic than understanding the time at which events took place....

ROCKETS, LIFEBOATS, AND TIME CHANGES4th March 2010Samuel Halpern
A FLASH OF LIGHT IN THE SKY
The story of what took place on the tramp steamer Californian the night of April 14, 1912, is one of those tales that cause some people to...

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LAST LAP OF THE LARGEST12th February 2010Senan Molony
APRIL tenth, 1912 – A day tinged with sadness for the RMS Olympic.
She put in to New York for the last time as the Ship of Superlatives, or so she thought.
The next White Star Line leviathan to dock here wou...

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THE TURN OF A CARD25th November 2009Senan Molony
HERE is the Two of Hearts… signed by three survivors of the sinking of the RMS Titanic.
This picture appeared in the New York Sun on Sunday April 21, 1912.
It seems richly symbolic of the hand dealt by fate th...

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MOUNT TEMPLE TEMP'S MEMORIES8th October 2009Senan Molony
THE replacement Fourth Officer of the Mount Temple on her homeward voyage in April 1912 was a m...

ERNEST GILL IN AUSTRALIA29th July 2009Senan Molony
Judiciously, Ernest Gill journeyed to Australia.
The former Californian crewman, a profiteer from the Titanic disaster, plied his seafaring trade Down Under in years thereafter.
A do...

THE INFORMATIVE 'MORNING NEWS'12th February 2009Senan Molony
TWO years after the Titanic, and Captain Lord of the Californian was still pleading his case.
There follows a freshly resurrected article – important for the historical record – published ...

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WAS THERE REALLY A CURRENT THAT NIGHT?21st January 2009Jim Currie
Before the days when ships began polluting Earth’s atmosphere with the fumes from burning carbon fuels - before the days when her seas became polluted with the noise of a million propellers ; seafarers exclusively used the physics of nature ...

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DEFENDING FLEET AND LEE14th January 2009Richard Krebes
The iceberg that doomed the Titanic and 1,523 people to die left a gash of about 300 feet in the ship’s side from beneath the stem of her bow to the boiler room number 6.
The 1997 film that took her name as it’s title go...

DEFENDING ERNEST GILL15th November 2008Richard Krebes
One night in 1994, at the tender age of 14, I sat glued to the TV watching the superb A&E documentary about the Titanic disaster.
Having read and heard little of the Lordite claims about the SS Californian, however, save fo...

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WHY A LOW ANGLE BREAK?23rd October 2008Samuel Halpern
In the James Cameron film "Titanic," we all saw the stern of the ship rise up in the air and take on a relatively steep angle as the bow of the ship sank deeper and deeper into the water. Suddenly, the hull split and the stern came crashing back o...

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RHEIMS, LIGHTOLLER, AND THE OFFICER'S SUICIDE ENIGMA14th October 2008Richard Krebes
If the enigma of the "officer’s suicide" had been a work of fiction created by Rex Stout, creator of the legendary fictional sleuth Nero Wolfe, chances are Stout would have called it "Too Many Questions". For the questions are numerous and the a...

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MCGOUGH THE KEY?5th September 2008Senan Molony
THERE’S a Titanic seaman named McGough who is claimed to be a human key to understanding the sequence of lifeboat departures.
He’s said to have helped lower lifeboat No. 14 – but to have departed in lifeboat No. 9 on the opposit...

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MCGOUGH THE KILLER5th September 2008Senan Molony
TWO killers roamed the RMS Titanic on her maiden voyage…
Not the stuff of lurid pulp adventure, instead actual fact.
The two wrongdoers were a fireman and an able bodied seaman.
Stoker William Mintra...

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THE RIDDLE OF THE SPHINX1st June 2008Senan Molony
WHAT goes on four legs, then two legs, then three?
The Riddle of the Sphinx, from Greek mythology, denotes the eternal voyage of man… from crawling on all fours, to walking proudly erect, to finally ending up hunched over a...

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LOADING THE REAR BOATS29th May 2008George Jacub
While working on a major project involving the Titanic, I ran into a snag. I thought I could unravel the problem by examining the order the rear boats were loaded and lowered. The answer helped, though less than I had hoped. But I was sti...

WILLIAM J. MELLORS26th March 2008Robert L. Bracken
A survivor emerges from the mists of time....

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12.45AM - A TIME TO GO!10th March 2008Senan Molony
WHAT time did the first lifeboat depart the Titanic?
Many will immediately offer: ‘12.45am.’ But thi...

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COULD YOU MAKE IT TO EXTRA MASTER?28th February 2008Dave Gittins
If I doubted my reckoning after a long time at sea I verified it by reading the clock aloft made by the Great Architect, and it was right.
Captain Joshua Slocum, navigating by Lunar Distances. Sa...

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DETERIORATION OF THE RMS TITANIC11th January 2008Stephanie Clements
The RMS. Titanic has laid 2.5 miles below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean since her sinking, on her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York on April 14, 1912. Many questions were raised on the state of the vessel condition and how sh...

ICE: CLEAR AND ABSENT DANGER14th October 2007Senan Molony
This is an argument hewn from ice… a substance that offers solidity and occasional clarity.
But it is also an argument about the absence of ice – meaning nothing less than clear water, with all the plain sailing that implies....

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SPEED AND REVOLUTIONS18th September 2007Samuel Halpern
"We were working out a slip table, and we had not quite finished when she went down. All of us were on, working out a slip table, how many turns of the engine it would require to do so many knots; and all this, and it tapered down." - Titanic's 5t...

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HONOUR & GLORY: CROWING TIME!20th August 2007Senan Molony
WE KNOW well the allegorical figures of Honour and Glory
They appear as heraldic supporters to the clock located in the alcove atop&nbs...

CSI TITANIC : WHO DIED HOW?26th June 2007Luke Owens
One of the iconic images many of us carry from the sinking of Titanic is of the 705 people in lifeboats listening to the death cries of 1,500-plus people drowning in the North Atlantic after the ship sank.
The trouble is, that&rsq...

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THE UNKNOWN ADULT26th June 2007Senan Molony
COUNTERFOIL number 30887 lay on the wooden surface. Money joined it for a few minutes, and then money took wing and parted from the ticket. A moment later the ticket itself was taken up.
One of the opening scenes of the ...

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OLYMPIC AND TITANIC : MAIDEN VOYAGE MYSTERIES29th April 2007Mark Chirnside and Sam Halpern
ROUTES ACROSS THE ATLANTIC
The new White Star liner Olympic, the first of three gigantic liners ordered by the White Star Line for the highly competitive transatlantic service, was launched from the Queen’s Island ya...

CLASSIFIED IN DEATH : RECOVERING THE TITANIC'S DEAD31st March 2007Brian J. Ticehurst
AFTER the Titanic sank in the early hours of the 15th April, 1912 the sea around the site was littered with the flotsam and jetsam of the liner. Among the broken decking, furniture and fittings were hundreds of bodies floating around. Eac...

KEEPING TRACK OF A MAIDEN VOYAGE20th February 2007Samuel Halpern
On Thursday the 11th of April 1912, the RMS Titanic departed Queenstown on her maiden voyage across the Atlantic ocean to New York. About 2:20 PM GMT, she took departure from the Daunt’s Rock light vessel, and pro...

WHEN ANIMALS TRAVELLED FIRST CLASS10th November 2006Charles A. Haas
Today’s newscasts often feature airline passengers discussing their “being treated just like cattle.” In the late 19th Century, Britain’s White Star Line took the meaning of that phrase to new heights. While we recall th...

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TITANIC CITATION CATALOG21st October 2006Captain Charles B. Weeks
Titanic Citation Catalogby Captain Charles WeeksI created this document to assist Titanic researchers. I have found it maddening to have to thumb through numerous books to find a particular citation on a certain subject. Using this...

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A PV SOLVES A PUZZLE13th October 2006Senan Molony
THE devil is in the detail... and nowhere is that phrase more true than in particular areas of Titanic study.
There has been controversy, for instance, over an impression given - to some - by remarks made by Captain James...

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A MATTER OF COURSE22nd September 2006Randy Bryan Bigham
There was more to Great Britain's fashionable Countess of Rothes than banquets and garden parties. She proved that the night Titanic went down. ...

ICEBERG RIGHT AHEAD29th April 2006Samuel Halpern
We all know the story how lookout Frederick Fleet had sighted an iceberg at about 11:40 PM on April 14th 1912, went to the lookout bell and struck it 3 times to indicate that something was seen ahead, and then went to the telephone a...

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A PEN TO SINK A THOUSAND SHIPS7th March 2006Lee Kendall
THE BRITISH TITANIC INQUIRY AND THE ART OF FORTUNINO MATANIA
Fortunino Matania (1881-1963) was, without doubt, the greatest of the Edwardian illustrators, in th...

THE PORTRUSH LETTER31st January 2006Senan Molony
THE LETTER fell onto the hall floor in the house at Main Street, Portrush, Co Antrim, in late April 1912.
Hugh Smith, descending the stair, noticed it and picked it up. The American sta...

LIFEBOATS DON'T LIE!13th November 2005Senan Molony
FEWER and fewer revisionists of the Titanic disaster are now making the overt claim that the Mystery Ship seen off the port bow at the time of the sinking was (as the American and British Inquiries stated in 1912) the Leyland Liner ...

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TUNISIAN12th November 2005John P. Eaton
Eastbound, St. John, New Brunswick to Liverpool. On 10 April reported heavy ice in the vicinity of an area that was later the disaster site.
Port of Registry: Glasgow
...

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A BIRTHPLACE REBORN : THE TITANIC QUARTER21st October 2005Senan Molony
PLANS for the development of 185 acres of dockland in Belfast that include the cradle of the Olympic and Titanic have just been formally announced.
Most of the Queen's Island site will be transformed over the ne...

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TRAFFIC22nd September 2005John P. Eaton
On 10 April 1912 Titanic arrived at Cherbourg from Southampton at
6:35 p.m. after a voyage of little more than five hours. After taking
aboard mail and pasengers she departed at 8:10 p.m. Boarding were 274
passengers: 142 first class, 30 second...

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TITANIC TEXT : DEMYSTIFYING HISTORICAL STUDY20th September 2005Randy Bryan Bigham
Internet research tips for beginners
From biographies and cultural essays to technical papers and scientific analyses, ET Research at Encyclopedia-Titanica.org is the leading online destination for original, in-depth stu...

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RITZ RESTAURANT STAFF ON THE TITANIC19th September 2005Brian J. Ticehurst
ON BOARD the Titanic was what must have been the finest Restaurant in the world.
The Ritz Restaurant (as it was called) was situated on B deck and was for the exclusive use of First Class passengers only. Th...

ALL THE HORRORS SEEM TO HAPPEN AT NIGHT31st August 2005Inger Sheil
James Moody’s First Atlantic Crossing
Spectators agreed the fire that raged through the New Jersey shore on May 29, 1904 was second in ferocity only to the catastrophe of June 1900. That fire, four years before, had dest...

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THE HERMAN FAMILY25th August 2005Michael A. Findlay
In recent years much has been written about those who sailed aboard the RMS Titanic. Stories of heroism, selflessness and cowardice on that fateful night have emerged through the lives of those who were witnesses to the Ti...

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A CAPTAIN'S CAREER23rd August 2005John P. Eaton
When anyone asks me how I can best describe my experience in nearly 40 years at sea, I merely say- uneventful. Of course there have been winter storms and gales and fog and the like, but in all ...

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NOMADIC22nd August 2005John P. Eaton
One of the two tenders built especially to serve the needs of Olympic and Titanic at Cherbourg.
Nomadic and Traffic were registered under the French flag and managed by A. Laniece, later by George A. Laniece.
On 10 ...

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NEW YORK (1)20th July 2005
(American Line)
ex-City of New York, Inman Line
As Titanic left Southampton 10 April 1912, the suction and wave action of her propellers and huge bulk tore New York loose from her mooring in tandem with Oceanic...

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OCEANIC (1)11th July 2005John P. Eaton
White Star Line
Not only was Oceanic operated by the same company that operated Titanic, she was also directly associated with Titanic at the beginning of her maiden voyage as well as during the first weeks following...

BULGARIA24th June 2005John P. Eaton
(aka Canada,
Hercules, Philippines,Drachtenstein)
Hamburg-Amerika Line
On
Tuesday, April 9, while traveling westbound Hamburg-Southampton-Baltimore,
received a wireless message from the Caledonia ...

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CALEDONIA11th June 2005John P. Eaton
Anchor Line
On 9 April at 2:55 p.m. Caledonia, eastbound New York-Glasgow, relayed to Bulgaria an ice warning received earlier from Cassandra.
Port of Registry: Glasgow
Flag of ...

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CASSANDRA23rd May 2005John P. Eaton
(Donaldson Brothers)
On 9 April, while eastbound St. John, New Brunswick to Glasgow, Cassandra transmitted a warning of ice at 43 degrees 38 N. by 49 degrees 16 W. which was relayed at 2:55 p.m. by the Caledonia to the Bul...

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THE BOXHALL LETTERS23rd May 2005Joe Carvalho & Shelley Dziedzic
The following five letters, written to Mr. Joe Carvalho of
Massaschusetts by Commander Joseph G. Boxhall span the time period of
April 1961 through July of 1962, and reveal the sentiments of the Titanic
officer r...

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ROYAL EDWARD10th May 2005John P. Eaton
Canadian Northern Steamships, Ltd.
Westbound Avonmouth to Halifax. On 8 April encountered and reported an ice field in the vicinity of the subsequent Titanic disaster site : 42 degrees 50N, 49 degrees 30W to 42 degrees 30N 50 degrees 1...

TITANIC AS METAPHOR20th March 2005Monica Hall
WORLD'S LARGEST METAPHOR HITS ICEBERG . . . .
So runs a spoof headline in The Onion's book Our ...

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HECTOR13th March 2005
Port of Registry: Southampton
Flag of Registry: British
Funnel: Red, black top
Company flag: Divided by crossed lines into four equal triangles...

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LORD MERSEY -Â— OBITER DICTA13th March 2005Senan Molony
HERBERT Henry Asquith, British Prime Minister, told the House of Commons at the beginning of May 1912 that the Court of Inquiry to be presided over by Lord Mersey would afford the best means of arriving at a conclusion...

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NEPTUNE6th March 2005John P. Eaton
Port of Registry: Southampton
Flag
of Registry: British
Funnel:
Red, black top
Company
flag: Divided by crossed lines into four equal...

IDENTIFYING STEWARDS13th February 2005Senan Molony
WHAT ARE the chances of identifying Titanic bodies more than 90 years after they were buried at sea?
Better than impossible - fair, in some cases.
One of the early bodies picked up by the search ves...

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VULCAN13th February 2005John P. Eaton
Vulcan struggling to pull the stern of the New York (left) away from Titanic's port side (Eaton-Haas Collection)...

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THE TUGS AT TITANIC'S DEPARTURE6th February 2005John P. Eaton
Albert Edward, Hercules, Vulcan, Ajax, Hector Neptune
Registered 10 September 1861, the Southampton, Isle of Wight and South
of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Limited Company was known during its
early years...

TITANIC'S CARGO GEAR11th January 2005Captain Charles B. Weeks
Because of my experience on cargo ships and the fact that
I teach Dry Cargo Operations to students at Maine Maritime Academy, I have long
been fascinated with Titanic’s cargo gear. Chronologically she came d...

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LORD CROMER9th January 2005John P. Eaton
Departed Stockton-on Tees, England 14 March, 1912 on her maiden voyage bound for Louisburg, Nova Scotia, in ballast. During her crossing she was badly damaged by ice and after 19 days of a voyage which should have taken no mor...

THE AVERAGE LIFEBOAT17th December 2004Senan Molony
Updated!
THERE are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies, and statistics.
- Mark Twain, Autobiography
But there are also, when dealing with statistics, some d...

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MUSGRAVE12th December 2004John P. Eaton
On October 1911, when Titanic was moved from the
deep water wharf to the Alexandra Wharf to clear a convenient mooring for the
incoming Olympic, the move was accomplished with the assistance of
the ...

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HORNBY - TUG THAT ASSISTED TITANIC AT BELFAST5th December 2004John P. Eaton
May 31, 1911 Assisted following the launch of Titanic
April 2, 1912 Assisted Titanic on her sea trials
Port of Registry Liverpool
Flag of Registry British
Fun...

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JACKAL5th December 2004John P. Eaton
While Titanic was outfitting, Jackal served as an auxiliary
vessel moored alongside, her generator providing light and power aboard the
ship for the outfitting workers. Also used as a yard tug.
...

ROYAL STANDARD14th November 2004John P. Eaton
White Star Line
The White Star Line was founded in 1845 by two Liverpool ship
brokers, Henry Threlfall Wilson and...

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HERCULANEUM2nd November 2004John P. Eaton
In addition to maneuvering Titanic after launch,
Herculaneum also assisted during Titanic’s sea trials
out of Belfast on 2 April 1912.
Alexandra Towing Co.,...

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DUKE OF ALBANY31st October 2004John P. Eaton
(F. Kemp & Company)
The center anchor of the Titanic weighs 15 ½ tons and
was fabricated by Messrs. N. Hingley & Sons, Ltd. Of Netherton, Dudley,
Worcestershire. Typical of the manner by which the m...

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WALLASEY30th October 2004John P. Eaton
Wallasey assisted during Titanic’s sea trials and launch on May 31,
1911 and stood by on her sea trials out of Belfast on 2 April, 1912.
Port of Registry: Liverpool
Flag of Regi...

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GLENDUN26th October 2004John P. Eaton
GLENDUN (Antrim Iron Ore Co., LTD.) On Sunday, December 10th, 1909, the immense stern framing of Titanic was transported from Darlington Forge Companys works at Darlington by the North Eastern Railway...

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STAR TURN: THE PICTURES AND PASSIONS OF DOROTHY GIBSON26th October 2004Randy Bryan Bigham
The following article is an excerpt from the introduction of Randy Bigham’s
forthcoming biography, Finding Dorothy: An Appreciation of the Life and Career
of Dorothy Gibson Brulatour, which will soon be available in a fully illustrated,...

THE MIDDLE WATCH16th September 2004Senan Molony
WHAT follows is the complete ...

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IMPACT OF TITANIC UPON INTERNATIONAL MARITIME LAW31st August 2004Allison Lane
No other shipwreck in history has left such an indelible imprint upon the public consciousness as that of the RMS Titanic. Ninety-two years after her loss, the story of that great liner continues to fascinate peo...

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A LAST BRIGHT SHINING LIE24th August 2004Senan Molony
THEY died, to a man, at their posts; fighting to give the opportunity of
life to others until walls of water overcame them.
Bunkum.
The last lie of Titanic's extensiv...

ASQUITH AND THE CONSPIRACY TO SINK TITANIC9th July 2004Senan Molony
“The architect, the owner, and the Captain were partners
in an infamous conspiracy to repair their desperate fortunes by sinking the
ship and sharing the insurance money.”
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THE CHEEK OF WILLIAM WELLER3rd June 2004Senan Molony
After the Hawke collision Able Seaman William Clifford Weller was annoyed that he would lose out on wages for the voyage......

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A HOLY GRAIL - THE MISSING DEPOSITIONS6th May 2004Senan Molony
THERE is an undiscovered Titanic out there… one that may hold greater meaning than relocated rust at the bottom of the North Atlantic.
The lost Titanic arguably resides in 138 crew depositions of the subjective truth of...

TITANIC: THE LAST PHOTOGRAPH?23rd April 2004Senan Molony
THIS photograph is the last known picture of RMS Titanic on her maiden voyage. It was taken at Crosshaven, Co Cork, Ireland, just after the vessel departed Queenstown.
In September 2003, an album of photographs originally ow...

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THE LEFEBVRE FAMILY5th April 2004Olivier Mendez
A tribute to a French family who were all lost in the Titanic....

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A THOROUGH ANALYSIS OF THE CAVE LIST1st April 2004Daniel Klistorner
View the Encyclopedia Titanica transcription of the Cave List
This simple incomplete copy of a cabin list for Titanics first and only voyage takes its name after...

TRUE COURSE9th December 2003Cathy Akers-Jordan and Captain Charles B. Weeks
An explanation of the use of magnetic compasses, how to plot courses and how these procedures on the Titanic compared to their use other ships in 1912...

THE BROWNS PREPARE TO ABANDON SHIP3rd August 2003David Haisman
Her father stood in the doorway of their cabin and said, ''There's talk that the ship has hit an iceberg.'' It was those fateful words that were to change their lives forever.
Edith, along with her mother Elizabet...

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LOOKOUTS : THE HUMAN PERSPECTIVE30th April 2003Captain Laurence V. Wade
This paper looks at the role of the lookouts on the Titanic from the eye of an experienced seaman. ...

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WHY THE TITANIC DID NOT LIST30th April 2003Eqab S. Al-Otaibi
Eqab S Al-Otaibi NS 415 Titanic Supervised by Captain C. Weeks
The list of any ship is due to either a negative initial stability (GM, metacentric height) or off center weight. So the list is due to internal force. Off center weight i...

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MADAME LUCILE: A LIFE IN STYLE29th April 2003Randy Bryan Bigham
The following is an excerpt from the prologue of Lucile - Her Life by Design, Randy Bigham's pending biography of Lucy, Lady Duff Gordon (1863-1935), the renowned Edw...

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TITANIC'S TIME ENIGMAS16th February 2003Markus Philipp
One of the thorniest questions about the Titanic disaster is, how her clock was changed during the journey.
Several events observed by differing observers at different locations add to the confusion about the difference between T...

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TITANIC'S FINAL MANOEUVRE8th February 2003Captain Lewis Marmaduke Collins
She never was under a port helm? - She did not come on the port helm, Sir - on the starboard helm.
------Titanics QM Robert Hitchens to the British enquiry
At both inquiries it was adduced that, at the time of the lookout...

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TITANIC PASSENGER TICKET REVENUES18th November 2002Captain Charles B. Weeks
On (p. 58) of The Great Liners Melvin Maddocks says with regard to Steerage passengers ”… they represented one third of the revenues of the shipping companies, and accounted for more than half the profits.” John Malcol...

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NAVIGATIONAL CONFIRMATION OF TITANIC'S CQD POSITION7th November 2002Captain Lewis Marmaduke Collins
On September 1, 1985, an expedition led by Dr. Robert Ballard located the wreckage of the Titanic on the ocean floor in position 41° 43.9 N., 49° 56.8 W., some thirteen miles east of where she had reportedly foundered.
Shortly after t...

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WAS THE TITANIC'S RUDDER LARGE ENOUGH?29th September 2002Captain Charles B. Weeks
There have been several times when the question has been raised about whether the Titanic's rudder was large enough. It has been suggested that if the rudder had been larger she would have turned more quickly and thus missed the iceberg....

TITANIC'S ROCKETS15th March 2002Senan Molony
HOW MANY rockets were fired by the Titanic?
"Eight!"
Its one of those facts we have unquestioningly received; an
answer that comes automatically from the sam...

MY TITANIC DIVE30th November 2001Brigitte Saar
Brigitte Saar's dive to Titanic was won in a competition yet it sparked an enduring interest in the ship and her story....

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THE CALIFORNIAN INCIDENT, A REALITY CHECK8th November 2001Tracy Smith, Michael H. Standart & Captain Erik D. Wood
Could Captain Lord and the Californian have done more to save the passengers and crew of the Titanic....

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GUNSHOTS ON THE TITANIC30th July 2001Earl Chapman
Were shots fired as the Titanic went down? If so whom and toward whom?...

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THE ICEBERG —- RESURFACED?9th July 2001Henning Pfeifer
Icebergs photographed after the sinking bear the hallmarks of a collision....

THE GROUNDING OF TITANIC6th June 2001David G. Brown and Parks E. Stephenson
Explores the hypothesis that that Titanic grounded on an underwater shelf of the iceberg....

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THE REAL JACK DAWSON11th March 2001Senan Molony
Jack Dawson was a fictional character but new research reveals fascinating insights into his namesake - one of the most intriguing of Titanic victims....

THE TITANIC MCCOYS28th January 2001Robert L. Bracken
My story of the Titanic McCoys begins in the aftermath of James Cameron's blockbuster movie, Titanic, in February of 1998.
The media was covered with Titanic mania. Anyone and everyone with Titanic connections was being sought ou...

UNLISTED PASSENGERS AND CREW10th November 1998
Numerous stories are told of people who were booked on the Titanic but, for one reason or other, failed to travel on her......

DEATHS OF SHIPYARD WORKERS
Eight Harland and Wolff workers were killed during the construction of the Titanic five of whom have been identified. In addition to the fatalities there were 28 serious accidents and 218 minor accidents recorded by the firm. Compensation paid ...

FINDING ALFRED THEISSINGERMichael Poirier
Alfred Theissinger is a surviving steward that seemed to have disappeared shortly after the disaster. New research found by Michael Poirier and Gavin Cameron Bell leads to his being found. ...